title: Psychiatric symptoms and behavioural disturbances in the dementias.
abstract: This contribution will summarise the relationship between psychiatric symptoms and behavioural disturbances in dementia. The different types of symptoms will be discussed with particular relation to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease and results will be presented in relation to clinical symptomatology in the Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Withington Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000523:psychology*